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A grammar of Pite Saami, 2014

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8 Verbs<br />

conneg), which is in the weak grade (when gradation is relevant) and otherwise<br />

lacks any additional morphological marking. Examples for present and past indicative<br />

as well as imperative forms are provided in (25) through (27).<br />

(25) mån<br />

mån<br />

iv vasja<br />

i-v vasja<br />

1sg.nom neg-1sg.prs feel.like\conneg<br />

lipsusijd<br />

lipsusi-jd<br />

ja<br />

ja<br />

daggarijd<br />

daggari-jd<br />

rumen.fat-acc.pl and such-acc.pl<br />

válldet<br />

vállde-t<br />

dán<br />

d-á-n<br />

muddon<br />

muddo-n<br />

take-inf dem-prox-iness.sg time-iness.sg<br />

‘I don’t feel like taking the rumen fat and stuff at this time.’ [pit080909.091]<br />

(26) nå<br />

nå<br />

ittjij Henning<br />

ittji-j Henning<br />

well neg-3sg.pst Henning\nom.sg<br />

lij<br />

li-j<br />

be-3sg.pst<br />

nåv<br />

nåv<br />

so<br />

gållum<br />

gållu-m<br />

freeze-prf<br />

dä<br />

dä<br />

skihpá,<br />

skihpá<br />

gu<br />

gu<br />

then become.sick\conneg when<br />

‘Well Henning didn’t get sick after he had been freezing like that.’<br />

[pit090702.373]<br />

(27) ele<br />

ele<br />

tsábme!<br />

tsábme<br />

neg\sg.imp hit\conneg<br />

‘Don’t hit!’ (said to a child)<br />

[sje20121009.11m27s]e<br />

8.3 Passive voice<br />

Verbs in the passive voice can be derived from other verbs by the derivational<br />

suffix -duvv. Note that the vowel immediately following this suffix is the class<br />

marking morpheme for Class IV verbs; cf. §8.5.4. Examples are provided in (28)<br />

through (30).<br />

(28) dat<br />

d-a-t<br />

huvvsa<br />

huvvsa<br />

dem-dist-nom.sg house\nom.sg<br />

‘That house was built by Nils.’<br />

bidtjiduvvuj Nisest<br />

bidtji-duvvu-j Nise-st<br />

build-pass-3sg.pst<br />

Nils-elat.sg<br />

[pit110522.33m03s]e<br />

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